Angelini was nominated for the award by his former boss, Chief Barry Keller, of the Washington Township Police Department. Officer Angelini was the lone officer from Franklin County to be presented with the award.

Those details included writing traffic citations and warnings to drivers who displayed signs of driving aggressively. PennDOT defines aggressive driving in Pennsylvania as "any violation or combination thereof in a list of 20 PA Motor Vehicle Code (Title 75) violations." Some of these violations include driving a vehicle at an unsafe speed, following too closely, fleeing or eluding police, racing on highways, and careless or reckless driving.

Keller added some of these assignments happened when officers were not on duty, meaning they were working overtime, and Angelini was willing to give up his free time to assist and aid officers involved with the program.

In a release provided by Barbara Zortman, traffic safety specialist for the Pennsylvania Traffic Safety Enforcement Resource Center, the project is a statewide initiative that utilizes crash data to identify roadway segments with high incidences of aggressive driving crashes.

All of the targeted roadways were chosen based on crash data supplied by PennDOT and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Each roadway was identified as having a high incidence of aggressive driving related crashes, injuries, and/or fatalities.

The goal of the project is to reduce the number of aggressive driving related crashes, injuries and deaths.

The Washington Township Police Department was one of 41 local municipal police departments which teamed with the Pennsylvania State Police in targeting 74 roadways throughout Region 2, which consists of Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry, and York Counties from March 23 to May 3, 2015. This was part of a statewide effort involving more than 330 municipal agencies and state police on 474 roadways.

Officer Angelini was with the Washington Township Police Department until last winter, when he was let go due to staff cuts. He is now working with the Washington County (Maryland) Sheriff's Department. Attempts to speak with Officer Angelini personally were not returned.

Although Officer Angelini was let go, Chief Keller thought highly of him and his effort enough to nominate him for the award.

"He still needed to be recognized for what he's done," Chief Keller said.